IT Software Engineer

ECI Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ECI Group is seeking a contract IT Software Engineer for the Houston area to work on the Deal Entry Portal project. The role involves independent delivery, deep knowledge of large-scale architectures, and collaboration with business stakeholders.

The candidate will design and test features, provide guidance, and help resolve production issues within an AI-assisted review framework. The contract spans an estimated 4 months with a Sept 14, 2026 start date.

Qualifications

• Must have strong API development experience with Python in an OOP context.
• Experience with distributed asynchronous systems and designing them to avoid data conflicts.
• Proficiency with database technologies such as SQL Server or Oracle.
• Experience with Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and message brokers.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, coding, testing, and automation skills.
• Experience with at least one strongly-typed language in an OO paradigm.
• Collaborate with the lead functional developer to define, develop, test, and release features; provide bug fixes for production issues.
• Familiar with DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Work independently within defined projects and deliver results.
• Contribute to large-scale application architecture and design.
• Communicate effectively with external stakeholders and business partners.
• Design, develop, test, and guide release of new features; provide workarounds for urgent issues.
• Advise internally on solving functional and technical problems for applications and infrastructure.

Skills

Python API

Distributed systems

SQL/Oracle

Docker

Kafka

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

GitHub

Message brokers

Analytical thinking

OOP languages

DevOps/CI-CD

Mentoring juniors

Tools

RabbitMQ

CI/CD

Azure

AWS

GitHub

Oracle DB

Job description

Join the ECI Group's Professional Technical Services Network as a contract IT Software Engineer.

This is a Houston based contract role with an anticipated 4-month duration with an estimated start date of Sept 14, 2026.

Note: You must be a US Citizen or Permanent US Resident to qualify for this position.

About The Role

• Must be able to work independently within defined projects/work streams and is checked on at the end for results
• Possesses a strong understanding of large-scale application architecture and design
• Must have strong communication skills, particularly in collaborating with external parties, including business stakeholders. This is essential
• Has an executional role in design and development projects or acts as an expert tester who designs test scripts and provides overall project guidance and planning support
• Advises internally on solving functional and technical problems regarding the assigned applications and Infrastructure

Project: Deal Entry Portal (DEP)

Shell trades on several different exchanges to achieve the best execution for the business, and these trades are required to be entered into Shell's Enterprise Risk Management Systems (ETRMs) in a timely manner to provide accurate management information, including P&L data. This is currently a manual process with trades being entered on a best-endeavours basis throughout the day, therefore sometimes many hours passing between trade execution and trade entry.

Business case: Shell trades on several different exchanges to achieve the best execution for the business, and these trades are required to be entered into Shell's Enterprise Risk Management Systems (ETRMs) in a timely manner to provide accurate management information, including P&L data. This is currently a manual process with trades being entered on a best-endeavours basis throughout the day, therefore sometimes many hours passing between trade execution and trade entry

Mandatory Skills

• API development using Python as OOP
• Experience in how distributed asynchronous systems work, how to design them to avoid data conflicts and how to do it all in immutable environments orchestrated across multiple machines
• Experience with database technologies such as SQL DB, Oracle
• Experience with Docker, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Microsoft Azure/AWS, GitHub, or experience with any kind of message broker system (e.g. RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, AWS SQS etc)
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, coding, testing, and automation skill
• Object-orientated software professional that ideally has experience using at least one strongly-typed language
• Collaborate with the lead functional developer to define, develop, test, and release new features --Provide workarounds & bug fixes for urgent production issues
• Familiar with DevOps, Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
• Experience at mentoring junior staff

Please Note

The ECI Group uses AI-assisted tools in the early stages of application review, with all decisions guided by human oversight and fully compliant with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and ECI Group's applicable data protection policies and Privacy Notice.